Blindfold Chess Essential Training

Blindfold Chess

essential training

created by Dimosthenis Michailidis

The scope of this book is to make chess players capable of thinking blindfold. There are 131 problems in which the reader has to follow the recorded moves in order to find the mating move. All problems are based on actual games of masters.

Mathematician Dimosthenis Michailidis

Index

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chapter 1 ◦ Paul Morphy ◦ Solutions chapter 2 ◦ Wilhelm Steinitz ◦ Solutions chapter 3 ◦ Mikhail Chigorin ◦ Solutions chapter 4 ◦ Aron Nimzowitsch ◦ Solutions chapter 5 ◦ José Raúl Capablanca ◦ Solutions chapter 6 ◦ Alexander Alekhine ◦ Solutions chapter 7 ◦ Samuel Reshevsky ◦ Solutions chapter 8 ◦ Mikhail Tal ◦ Solutions chapter 9 ◦ Bobby Fischer ◦ Solutions chapter 10 ◦ Garry Kasparov ◦ Solutions

4 10 16 22 29 34 39 43 47 50 53 58 63 66 69 74 79 84 88 97

Chapter 1

Paul Morphy 18 games

let's make two blindfold moves

3

Game 1 Morphy, Paul

16. 17.

...

--

Game 3

Rousseau, Eugene

Kd6

Morphy, Paul

22. 23.

...

--

b5

Game 2 Mac Connel, James --

23.

Rxg1

Mac Connel, James

Game 4 Morphy, Paul

Morphy, Paul

20. 21.

4

...

Kg8

--

Morphy, Alonzo

Game 5 Morphy, Paul

45. 46.

...

--

Game 7

Morphy, Alonzo

Kh8

Morphy, Paul

36. 37.

...

24. 25.

...

Qe8

--

Morphy, Ernest

Morphy, Ernest

Kh8

Game 6 Morphy, Paul

--

Game 8 Morphy, Paul

12.

5

Kf2

--

Maurian, Charles Amedee

Game 9

Game 11

Meek, Alexander Beaufort

25.

--

Morphy, Paul

Kg1

Morphy, Paul

--

32. 33.

Kh7

...

NN

Game 10 Morphy, Paul

28. 29.

...

--

Game 12

NN

Morphy, Paul

--

NN

22. 23.

Kb6

Ka3

6

...

Game 13

Game 15

Morphy, Paul

--

16. 17.

Kc2

...

NN

Morphy, Paul

22. 23.

Game 14 Morphy, Paul

16. 17.

--

Jefferson, BT.

...

Rxf8

Game 16

Duke Karl Count Isouard

...

--

Morphy, Paul

Nxb8

35. 36.

7

...

--

Smyth, S.

Kh6

Game 17 Morphy, Paul

35. 36.

--

...

Game 18

Capdevielle, P.

Morphy, Paul

Kh7

19. 20.

8

...

--

Dominguez

Qd6

Solutions

9

Game 1

Game 3 Qc7#

Game 2

Ra3#

Game 4 Nf2#

Rf8#

10

Game 5

Game 7 Qh6#

Game 6

Qf8#

Game 8 Rdxe8#

Ng4#

11

Game 9

Game 11 Nf3#

Game 10

Qf7#

Game 12 Qb3#

Rb1#

12

Game 13

Game 15 d3#

Game 14

Ne7#

Game 16 Rd8#

Rh7#

13

Game 17

Game 18 Qxg7#

Qxd6#

14

Chapter 2

Wilhelm Steinitz 18 games

let's make three blindfold moves

15

Game 1 Hamppe, Carl

22. 23.

... Rxd1

--

Game 3

Steinitz, William

Qd1+

Hamppe, Carl

30. 31.

... Kxh2

33. 34.

f3+

Kf4

--

Steinitz, William

Rxh2+

Game 2 Steinitz, William

--

Game 4

Meitner, Philipp

Reiner --

17. 18.

16

... Rxh2

Steinitz, William

Qxh2+

Game 5 Steinitz, William

28. 29.

Qf3+

--

Game 7 Strauss

Kh4

Steinitz, William

28. 29.

Rh6+

Game 6 Steinitz, William

25. 26.

Qg5+

Kf7

--

--

Lange, Max

Qf6

Game 8

Meitner, Philipp

Steinitz, William

22. 23.

17

Rd1+

Kc2

--

Lange, Max

Game 9 Steinitz, William

36. 37.

Qg7

Game 11

--

Robey, J.

Qd7

Steinitz, William

14. 15.

Ng8+

Game 10 Steinitz, William

32. Nxf7+ 33.

Kg8

--

NN

Ke8

Game 12 --

Maas

Steinitz, William

37. 38.

18

Rb8+

Nxb8

-- Vines

Game 13 Steinitz, William

30. Rxd7+ 31.

--

Game 15 Brook, O.

Kxd7

Steinitz, William

36. 37.

... Ke3

Game 14 Steinitz, William

33. 34.

Qc6+

--

Rosenthal, Samuel

Qg2+

Game 16

-- Ware, Preston

Blackburne, Joseph Henry William

Kxe7 26. 27.

19

Rf8+

Qxf8

--

Steinitz,

Game 17 Baird, David Graham

41. 42.

... Kf1

Bc6+

--

Game 18 Steinitz, William Hanham, James Moore

31. 32.

20

... Rxg1

Qg1+

--

Steinitz, William

Solutions

21

Game 1

Game 3 Rxd1#

Game 2

Rh8#

Game 4 Qe4#

Rg1#

22

Game 5

Game 7 Qh3#

Game 6

Rxf6#

Game 8 Qxg7#

Rf2#

23

Game 9

Game 11 Bf7#

Game 10

Bxf7#

Game 12 Rxg7#

Rxb8#

24

Game 13

Game 15 Qe7#

Game 14

Qf3#

Game 16 Re8#

Qxh7#

25

Game 17

Game 18 Qxd1#

Nf2#

26

27

Chapter 3

Mikhail Chigorin 16 games

let's make four blindfold moves

28

Game 1 Chigorin, Mikhail

25. 26. 27.

... Na6+

--

Game 3

Davidov, Mikhail

Kb8 bxa6

Schiffers, Emanuel Stepanovich Chigorin

32. 33.

Kd2 Ke3

36. 37.

Kf2 Kg3

Qe2+

Rxf2+

Game 4

Game 2 Schiffers, Emanuel Stepanovich Chigorin

--

Chigorin, Mikhail

--

26. 27. 28.

29

... Re8+

Kg8 Rf8

--

Schiffers, Emanuel

Game 5

Game 7

Chigorin, Mikhail -- Schmid, Carl Friedrich

26. ... 27. Qxf6+ 28.

Chigorin, Mikhail

53. 54.

Kxh6 Rg6

Kxb4 Ka3

--

Fleissig, Bernhard

Qb5+

Game 8 Englisch, Berthold

Game 6 Chigorin, Mikhail

17. 18.

gxf3 Kf1

Qh2+

-- Alapin, Simon

46. 47. 48.

30

... Qf5+

Kf7 Kg8

--

Chigorin, Mikhail

Game 9 Baird, John Washington Mikhail

30. 31.

Rh2 Nxf1

Game 11 --

Chigorin,

Mason, James

27. 28.

Rxf1+

Qe4 Rxa3

--

Chigorin, Mikhail

Ra3+

Game 12 Game 10 Chigorin, Mikhail

41. 42. 43.

... Bh5

Bg8 Qe6

Chigorin, Mikhail

-- Tarrasch, Siegbert

18. ... 19. Bxf7+ 20.

31

b5 Kxf7

-- Winawer, Szymon

Game 13 Marco, Georg

54. 55.

Ra6 Kc1

--

Game 15

Chigorin, Mikhail

Marshall, Frank James Mikhail

--

Chigorin,

Kd3 27. 28. 29.

... Bxe4

Ne4+ Bxe4

Game 14 Chigorin, Mikhail

--

Rubinstein, Akiba

Game 16 Tarrasch, Siegbert

31. 32. 33.

... gxf7

Nxf7 Qe7 60. 61. 62.

32

... Kd6

f3 Kc8

--

Chigorin, Mikhail

Solutions

33

Game 1

Game 3 Qb4#

Game 2

Qd4#

Game 4 Qg2#

Rxf8#

34

Game 5

Game 7 Rh1#

Game 6

Qa5#

Game 8 Qh1#

Re8#

35

Game 9

Game 11 Qxf1#

Game 10

Qb2#

Game 12 Qg7#

Qe6#

36

Game 13

Game 15 Ra1#

Game 14

Qh8#

Game 16 Rg8#

Rg8#

37

Chapter 4

Aron Nimzowitsch 10 games

let's make five blindfold moves

38

Game 1 Nimzowitsch, Aaron

36. a5 37. Rxa7+ 38.

Game 3

-- Albin, Adolf

Qe8 Rxa7

Nimzowitsch, Aaron

17. Qxd7+ 18. Qd8+ 19.

Game 2 Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich Nimzowitsch

59. 60. 61.

Qxb5 a6

f5 Bh2

-- Alapin, Simon

Kf8 Bxd8

Game 4 --

Nimzowitsch, Aaron

16. Bxc6+ 17. Qd8+ 18.

39

Kf8 Bxd8

-- Alapin, Simon

Game 5 Nimzowitsch, Aaron

30. 31. 32.

... Ke6 Kd7

Game 7

-- Tarrasch, Siegbert Nimzowitsch, Aaron

Qh2+ Re8+

66. 67. 68.

Kc4 b7+

Game 6 Nimzowitsch, Aaron

46. 47. 48.

Rf7+ f3+

Kg4 Kh5

--

Giersing, Johannes

Re8 Kd8

Game 8

-- Tartakower, Saviely

Nimzowitsch, Aaron

25. 26. 27.

40

Qf4 Ne6+

Kh6 exf4

--

Olson, A.

Game 9 Nimzowitsch, Aaron

34. 35. 36.

e7+ Qd5

Kd7 Bxf1

--

Game 10

Romi, Massimiliano Nimzowitsch, Aaron

30. Re7+ 31. Rxd7+ 32.

41

Kd8 Kc8

--

Romi, Massimiliano

Solutions

42

Game 1

Game 3 Qb6#

Game 2

Re8#

Game 4 Qb7#

Re8#

43

Game 5

Game 7 Bb5#

Game 6

Rd7#

Game 8 Rxh7#

Bg7#

44

Game 9

Game 10 Qc6#

Ne7#

45

Chapter 5

José Raúl Capablanca 6 games

let's make six blindfold moves

46

Game 1 Capablanca, Jose Raul -Rudolf

32. ... 33. Kg1 34. Rxa7+ 35.

Qf4+ Qd4 Qxa7

Game 3 Raubitschek,

Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Thomas, George Alan

51. 52. 53. 54.

... f6 g6

Game 2 Capablanca, Jose Raul

40. ... 41. Ke4 42. R5g6+ 43.

Rf2+ h4 Kh5

--

Kf8 Be1 Bg3

Game 4 Marshall, Frank Capablanca, Jose Raul

22. ... 23. Qxb7 24. Rxc6+ 25.

47

Kc5 Qb6 Qxc6

--

Steiner, Herman

Game 5 Capablanca, Jose Raul

27. ... 28. Rxh7+ 29. Qh3+ 30.

Ne4 Kxh7 Kg7

Game 6 -- Vassaux, G.

Capablanca, Jose Raul

34. 35. 36.

48

Kxh5 Kh4 Kh3

Qg6+ Qg5+

--

Lewis, J.

Solutions

49

Game 1

Game 3 Qxa7#

Game 2

Rh8#

Game 4 g4#

Qb4#

50

Game 5

Game 6 Qh6#

Qh5#

51

Chapter 6

Alexander Alekhine 16 games

let's make seven blindfold moves

52

Game 1 Viakhirev, Apollon

33. 34. 35. 36.

... Bg1 Rh2 Rxg2

Game 3

-- Alekhine, Alexander

Qh1+ Bh4 Qg2+

Alekhine, Alexander --

28. 29. 30. 31.

... Kd1 Qe1 Qd2

Qf2+ Qf1+ Qd3+

Game 2

Game 4

Alekhine, Alexander -- Tenner, Oscar

12. Bxf7+ 13. Bxc5+ 14. O-O+ 15.

Ke7 Kf6 Kxe5

Johner, Paul F

Fridlizius, J.

38. Qh4 39. Bxc4 40. Qxh7+ 41.

53

-- Alekhine, Alexander

Rc4 dxc4 Kxh7

Game 5 Levenfish, Grigory

40. 41. 42. 43.

... f4 Kh1 Qh2

Game 7

-- Alekhine, Alexander

Nh4 Nf3+ Qh3+

Lasker, Edward

43. 44. 45. 46.

... Qa6+ Qxa7 Qb3

Game 6 Rodzinski

12. 13. 14. 15.

... d3 cxd4 Qxh8

Kh6 Kg5 Qc3+

Game 8

-- Alekhine, Alexander

Nd4 Qxd3 Be7

-- Alekhine, Alexander

Alekhine, Alexander --

15. Nf7 16. Qxe6+ 17. g4 18.

54

Kxf7 Kg6 Be4

Feldt

Game 9 Bogoljubow, Efim

27. 28. 29. 30.

... Nh3 gxh3 Kg2

Game 11

-- Alekhine, Alexander

hxg3+ Bxh3 Rxh3+

Alekhine, Alexander -- Vardonenko

25. Qh5+ 26. Re8+ 27. Qxe8+ 28.

Game 10 Alekhine, Alexander --

51. 52. 53. 54.

... Nxd5 Rg2 Kxh3

g5 Qf2+ Rxh3+

Kg8 Rxe8 Kg7

Game 12 Rojnic, Matko

Alekhine, Alexander -- Tartakower, Saviely

29. 30. 31. 32.

55

Bxc6 Rxc6 Rb6

Bxc6 Ra8 Rxa7

Game 13 Alekhine, Alexander --

23. 24. 25. 26.

Nxd5 Rxg6 Rg7+

Game 15 Brunner, Erich

Qxd4 Qc5 Kxh6

Alekhine, Alexander -- Alden, J.

38. 39. 40. 41.

Qd8 h4 Qg8+

Game 14 Alekhine, Alexander --

29. Bxf7+ 30. Re7+ 31. Qc4+ 32.

Kxf7 Kg8 Kh8

h5 Qxb2 Kh6

Game 16 Baljet, Lindenaar

Alekhine, Alexander -- Vitoria, C.

29. 30. 31. 32.

56

Ra7+ Ne5 Rg7+

Kf6 Kg5 Kf4

Solutions

57

Game 1

Game 3 fxg2#

Game 2

Qxd2#

Game 4 Rf5#

Rh4#

58

Game 5

Game 7 Qxh2#

Game 6

Qexb4#

Game 8 Bh4#

Nh4#

59

Game 9

Game 11 Rh2#

Game 10

Nf5#

Game 12 Qh4#

Rb8#

60

Game 13

Game 15 Rh7#

Game 14

Qh7#

Game 16 Bg7#

Rg4#

61

Chapter 7

Samuel Reshevsky 6 games

let's make eight blindfold moves

62

Game 1 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman Arnold S

17. ... 18. Bxg6+ 19. Qxg6+ 20. Qf7+ 21.

Game 3 --

Denker,

g6 hxg6 Ke7 Kd6

Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham Samuel

48. ... 49. Qf6+ 50. e8=Q+ 51. Qe6+ 52.

Game 2 Horowitz, Israel Albert -Samuel

30. 31. 32. 33.

Qa8+ Kh1 Kh2 Bxf1

Kg7 Ne2 Rxf1

--

Reshevsky,

Ke6 Kd7 Kxe8 Kf8

Game 4 Reshevsky,

Reshevsky, Samuel

30. ... 31. Rd8+ 32. Ng5+ 33. Nxf7+ 34.

63

Rb1 Kh7 Kh6 Kh7

--

Bisguier, Arthur

Game 5

Game 7

Reshevsky, Samuel Herman Larry Melvyn

35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

... Qxa6 Qa7+ Qxd4

--

Evans,

Reshevsky, Samuel Herman

35. ... 36. Nxd6+ 37. Rb3 38. Rb7+ 39.

Rxa6 Re2 Kh6 Ne6

Game 6 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman

39. 40. 41. 42. 43.

... Re2 Qh8+ Qe8+

--

Ljubojevic

Rg7 Qxc5 Kf7 Kf6

64

Rb8 cxd6 Rf8 Kg6

--

Shvidler

Solutions

65

Game 1

Game 3 c5#

Game 2

Bh6#

Game 4 Qg1#

Rh8#

66

Game 5

Game 7 Qh8#

Rg7#

Game 6 Qe6#

67

Chapter 8

Mikhail Tal 16 games

let's make nine blindfold moves

68

Game 1 Ostrauskas, A.

35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

... Ne2 Ng3 Kf4 Kxe5

Game 3

-- Tal, Mihail

Qh2 Nd3 Ne5+ Qh4+

Tal, Mihail

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Rfd1 Qf7 Qxe7 Rxf1

34. ... 35. Kf1 36. Rxg7+ 37. Qxf4 38. Ke2

Bc5+ Nf4 Kf8 Qh1+

Hetman

Kc8 Rf8 Rf1+ Qxd4

Game 2 Beni, Alfred

--

Game 4

-- Tal, Mihail

Tal, Mihail

33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

69

Qg6+ Qf7 Ng6+ hxg6

--

Kh8 Rg8 Rxg6 Ne6

Geller, Efim P

Game 5 Tal, Mihail

25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

... Re2 Kf1 Rxe4 Ke1

Game 7

-- Tseshkovsky, Vitaly

Rc2 Bc5+ Bxe4 Rf2+

Tal, Mihail

30. 31. 32. 33. 34.

Qf6+ Qg5+ Qh4+ Rf2+

Game 6 Bronstein, David I

35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

... Kb6 Ka6 Kb5 Ka4

Rc5+ Na8+ Rc6+ Rb6+

--

Stean, Michael

Kg3 Kh2 Kxg2 Kg1

Game 8

-- Tal, Mihail

Estevez, Guillermo

33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

70

f5 fxg6 Ne6 Qf4

Re8 fxg6 Rg8 h5

-- Tal, Mihail

Game 9 Tal, Mihail

30. 31. 32. 33. 34.

Re1 Qd1 Qa1 Qa4+

--

Game 11

Mikhalchishin, Adrian

Rb5 Rd5 Rxg5 Kd8

Karner, Hillar -- Tal, Mihail

48. 49. 50. 51. 52.

Rf6+ Rg6 Rh6 f3

Game 10 Tal, Mihail

26. Bh6 27. Bxg7+ 28. Bh8 29. Qxf6+ 30.

--

Bxd1 Kg8 Kxf7 Kg8

Kg4 Kf5 h4 Rb5

Game 12

Rantanen, Yrjo

Van der Wiel, John TH

40. 41. 42. 43. 44.

71

... Rb7+ Rf7 Kf1 Kg1

Nxc4 Kc8 Rd2+ Ne3+

-- Tal, Mihail

Game 13 Tal, Mihail

70. 71. 72. 73. 74.

... Kg6 Kh5 Kh6 Kh7

Game 15

-- Van der Wiel, John TH

Qf4+ Ke6 Qg3 Kf6

Short, Nigel D

68. 69. 70. 71. 72.

... Ka4 Kb4 Ka3 Ka2

Kd3 Qc6+ Kc2 Qb5

Game 14 Tal, Mihail

38. 39. 40. 41. 42.

... Kh1 Kg1 c3 Kh1

--

Bd4+ Nf2+ Kg7 Ng4+

-- Tal, Mihail

Game 16

Ljubojevic, Ljubomir

Tal, Mihail

33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

72

Nh5+ Nxf6 Kg2 Qh4+

--

Kh6 Qc1+ Bxe6 Kg7

Sveshnikov, Evgeny

Solutions

73

Game 1

Game 3 Qf6#

Game 2

Rf8#

Game 4 Qe1#

Qh7#

74

Game 5

Game 7 Nc2#

Game 6

Ne2#

Game 8 Ra7#

Qh6#

75

Game 9

Game 11 Qd7#

Game 10

Rf6#

Game 12 Qg7#

Rd1#

76

Game 13

Game 15 Qg7#

Game 14

Qa4#

Game 16 Qxh2#

Rg8#

77

Chapter 9

Bobby Fischer 9 games

let's make ten blindfold moves

78

Game 1 Byrne, Donald

37. 38. 39. 40. 41.

Ke1 Kd1 Kc1 Kb1 Kc1

--

Game 3

Fischer, Robert James

Bb4+ Bb3+ Ne2+ Nc3+

Fischer, Robert James

35. ... 36. Kg1 37. h4 38. Rd8+ 39. Qxc3+ 40.

--

Bennett, J1.

Rxb2+ Qc8 Bxc3 Qxd8 Qf6

Game 2 Surgies, M.

--

Game 4

Fischer, Robert James Keres, Paul

26. Qd1 27. Rfxd6 28. Qxe1 29. Kf2 30. Bh6

Qxe4 Qe1+ Rxe1+ Rae8

49. 50. 51. 52. 53.

79

Nxf2 c6 Kc5 Kd5 Rc4

--

Fischer, Robert James

Qxf2 Qxb2 Qc3+ g4

Game 5 Fischer, Robert James

47. ... 48. Nxc6+ 49. Ne7+ 50. Nxd5+ 51. Ke4 52.

a4 Kc8 Kd7 Ke6 a3

--

Game 6 McCaskey, E.

Fischer, Robert James

28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

80

... Qf5+ Qe6+ Rf5+ Rf4+

Kg6 Kh6 Kh5 Kg4 Kxg3

--

Matulovic, Milan

Game 7 Greenblatt Programm -James

35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

Bxf2 Kc1 Nd2 Qxd7 Nxf1

Qd3+ Bxe2 Rxf2 Rf1+

Game 8 Fischer, Robert

Greenblatt Programm -James

43. 44. 45. 46. 47.

81

Kg2 Kxh3 b4 Kh2 Kh3

Bh3+ Kxf1 d1=Q Qe2+

Fischer, Robert

Game 9 Fischer, Robert James -Programm

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

... Qxh3 Rf3 Rc1 Rg3

Greenblatt

Rd8 Na6 Qg6 Kg7 Rh8

82

Solutions

83

Game 1

Game 3 Rc2#

Game 2

Qxf6#

Game 4 Rf1#

Qe5#

84

Game 5

Game 7 Re7#

Game 6

Qd1#

Game 8 Qg2#

Qg4#

85

Game 9 Qh6#

86

Chapter 10

Garry Kasparov 16 games

let's make eleven blindfold moves

87

Game 1 Georgiev, Kiril

48. gxf4 49. Rb7 50. Ke1 51. Bg8 52. hxg5+ 53.

b3 Rf2+ b2 g5 Kg6

--

Game 2

Kasparov, Gary

Kasparov, Gary

25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

88

Ng7+ Ne6+ Rxb7 Bh4 Bxg5

Kf8 Ke8 Ra8 g5 Rg8

--

Simon, A.

Game 3

Game 4

Kasparov, Gary -- Comp Leonardo Maestro Zuerich

20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Qg4+ Qh4 Bd2 Bh6+ g4

Kh8 Kg7 Rfd8 Kg6 Rxd3

Short, Nigel D

40. ... 41. Rc7 42. Bd6 43. Rxf7 44. Rxg8+ 45. Rd7

89

Rce8 Nd3 Rg8 Be5 Rxg8

--

Kasparov, Gary

Game 5 Kasparov, Gary

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Qa4 d5 dxc6 Ba6+ Qb3+

Qd7 O-O-O bxc6 Kb8 Ka8

--

Game 6 Cid, D.

Kasparov, Gary

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

90

Bd3 Bxg5 Qc1 Bf6 Bxf5

g5 Ne7 Qd7 Nf5 exf5

--

Paleo, D.

Game 7 Kasparov, Gary

37. b7 38. b8=Q 39. Qxe5+ 40. exf4 41. fxg5 42.

e5 Kxh2 f4 Kh3 Ba4

Game 8 --

Rey

Kasparov, Gary

26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

91

Re7 Rhe1 R7e6 Rf6+ Ree6

Rf7 Kf8 Rd7 Kg8 Nf7

--

Kamsky, Gata

Game 9 Kasparov, Gary

Game 10

-- Wendling, Jens

33. c7 34. cxd8=Q+ 35. Bc7+ 36. d8=Q+ 37. Rd7+ 38.

Kasparov, Gary

Rxb6 Kxd8 Kxc7 Kb7 Ka6

--

17. Qh5 18. Bg5 19. Nxf6+ 20. Bxh7+ 21. Bg6+ 22.

92

Michaud, Luois

Bxd4 Nf6 Bxf6 Kh8 Kg8

Game 11 Kasparov, Gary

--

18. Nxf6+ 19. Nxh7+ 20. g5 21. Qh5 22. Qxf7+ 23.

Game 12

Guillot, Blandine

Kasparov, G --

Kf8 Kg7 Kxh7 Ng8 Kh8

22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

93

h4 Rf1 g3 Qe8 Rxf2

Print_It

Rf8 Rf4 Ra4 Bxf2+ Rxa2

Game 13 Kasparov, G

32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.

--

exf6 Re7+ Nd5+ f4+ g5+

Game 14

Rodgaard, J

Kramnik, V --

dxc3 Kxf6 Kg5 Kh6 Kh5

50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

94

... d5+ Rg1 Qb7 Rxg2 Rg1

Kasparov, G

Bxf3 Kh7 Re4 Bxg2+ e1=Q+

Game 15 Kasparov, G

48. f4 49. Bc4 50. Qe8+ 51. Qxf7+ 52. Qf8+ 53.

--

Game 16 Milos, G

Kasparov, G

Qg3 Nf5 Kg7 Kh6 Ng7

-- Tambasco, Claudia

24. Nd8+ 25. a4+ 26. b4+ 27. cxb4+ 28. Nc6+ 29.

95

Kb5 Ka5 cxb4 Kxb4 Kc5

Solutions

96

Game 1

Game 3 Bh7#

Game 2

Qh5#

Game 4 Re7#

Nf2#

97

Game 5

Game 7 Qb7#

Game 6

Qg3#

Game 8 Qg5#

Re8#

98

Game 9

Game 11 Qa8#

Game 10

Ng6#

Game 12 Qh8#

Qh8#

99

Game 13

Game 15 Nf6#

Game 14

Qh8#

Game 16 Qf3#

Rfc1#

100